so you probably won’t have chocolate at the top of the priority list when you picture Bayonne, yet perhaps it worth fixing that, as the principal French cocoa ateliers were based here in the Basque Country. The purpose behind this is a large number of the artisans had brought their insight from the New World, …
Monthly Archives: September 2019
Jardin Botanique
The Jardin Botanique de Bayonne (3000 m²), otherwise called the Jardin Botanique des Remparts, is a greenhouse situated at the Avenue du 11 November and Allée de Tarride, Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It is open Tuesday through Saturday in the warmer months; admission is free. Address: Allee de Tarides, …
Fêtes de Bayonne
The fêtes de Bayonne is a feria consisting in a series of festivals in the Northern Basque Country in the town of Bayonne, France. The festival lasts 5 days and always starts the Wednesday before the first Sunday of August. It is the largest festival in France. In the eighties, participants started to dress …
Eglise Saint-Andre
The Saint-Andre church is a neo-Gothic church situated in Bayonne in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques. Devoted to St. Andrew, it relies upon the bishopric of Bayonne and has a place with the Bayonne-Center area. Address: Petit-Bayonne, 64100 Bayonne, Rue Paul Bert, 25000 Besançon, France Coordinates: Latitude: 43.490525, Longitude: -1.470831
Cathedral Sainte-Marie de Bayonne
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of Bayonne or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayonne, usually known as Bayonne Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic Church in the town of Bayonne, France. It is the seat of the previous Bishops of Bayonne, presently the Bishops of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron. The house of prayer is in …
Basque Museum
State-of-the-art museum concentrating on the Basque culture, architecture, decorative arts & language. The Basque Museum is as good an access to the traditions, culture, and history of this region, it has 3,000 objects displayed in 20 rooms. You’ll find out about pelota, the uncommon game played in the locale, kitchen utensils, see typical furniture, fishing …
Musee Bonnat-Helleu
The Musée Bonnat-Helleu is an art museum in Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. This museum was formed in 1901 when Bayonne-born painter Léon Bonnat gave his wide personal collections of art remarkable and exceptional drawing collection just as a significant number of his paintings to the City of Bayonne. Consequent contributors advanced the collections of the Bonnat Museum with major gifts …
Musée Saint-Raymond
Musée Saint-Raymond is the archeological exhibition hall of Toulouse, opened in 1892. The site initially was a necropolis, and in later developments was an emergency clinic for poor people and pioneers, jail, understudy living arrangement, stables, sleeping quarters and presbytery, in the long run turning into an exhibition hall in 1891. It is housed in …
Toulouse Cathedral
Toulouse Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse) is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Toulouse, France. The house of God is a national landmark and is the seat of the Archbishop of Toulouse. The accurate date of the first building is obscure; the principal notice of a congregation structure on that site …
Place du Capitole
The Capitole is the core of the metropolitan organization of the French city of Toulouse and its city hall. It is as far as anyone knows on the recognize that St Saturninus was martyred. The religious administrator of Toulouse is said to have been attached to the legs of a bull, which was driven down …